Smart Products, Smarter Services: Strategies for Embedded Control

ISBN-13: 9780521195195 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 350 str.

Mary J. Cronin

Opis

Billions of smart connected products are changing the competitive landscape for business and the daily lives of consumers. This book analyzes the evolution of embedded product intelligence and the impact of smart products on the automotive, wireless, energy, residential and health industries. It considers the transformation of consumer ownership models and privacy issues when smart products continuously monitor consumer behavior. Smart Products, Smarter Services recommends strategies for creating profitable smart ecosystems, product platforms and services.

Recenzje

'Over 14 billion embedded micro-controllers were shipped in the first half of 2010, and that's without Professor Cronin's smart book! But I say better late than never. She lays it all out, how to make the most of smart products. Embedded networking, for example. Imagine what we'll be able to do when we get all these smart products networked and multiplying one another according to Metcalfe's Law!' Bob Metcalfe, Ethernet Inventor and 3Com Founder

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Evolution of embedded intelligence; 2. Smart product ecosystems; 3. Embedded product controls; 4. Intelligent automobiles; 5. Smartphones and wireless services; 6. Energy: imbalance of power; 7. Smart home vision and reality; 8. Connected machines and consumer value; 9. Smart product privacy issues; 10. Strategies for managing smart products and services; References; Index.